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Comparative Sex Chromosome Genomics in Snakes: Differentiation, Evolutionary Strata, and Lack of Global Dosage Compensation

Snakes exhibit genetic sex determination, with female heterogametic sex chromosomes (ZZ males, ZW females). Extensive cytogenetic work has suggested that the level of sex chromosome heteromorphism varies among species, with Boidae having entirely homomorphic sex chromosomes, Viperidae having complet...

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Autores principales: Vicoso, Beatriz, Emerson, J. J., Zektser, Yulia, Mahajan, Shivani, Bachtrog, Doris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3754893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24015111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001643